7 Tips For Breadwinner Wives Feeling The Strain
This past weekend, two close friends visited my husband and me at our Virginia countryside cottage. This married couple is roughly our age – 50s – and, like us, don’t…
Is Teleworking Right for You?
The appeal of working from home, be it full time or part time, is easy to understand. Telecommuting employees are happier and more loyal, and they have fewer unscheduled absences,…
Has Your Credit Report Cost You A Job?
The job market has been tough for older workers, but did you ever imagine that you wouldn’t land a job because of your credit report? It’s possible. As I wrote…
Women Retire Earlier Than Men, But Don’t Have To
I’m surrounded daily by boomer women who are working full-time or part-time, volunteering, starting businesses and taking courses online as well as at community colleges. They’re engaged, working hard —…
Working in Retirement: How to Be a Patient Advocate
This week, I received an email from a friend who has been caring for his ailing mother. Here’s what he wrote: “I feel very good about what I’ve been able…
The Perils of Working From Home
Earlier in my career as a journalist, I worked in an office. For nearly two decades, I trudged in every day and never did my job from home unless I…
Making a Move Abroad, and Working There, Too
WHEN Patrice Wynne shuttered her independent bookstore, Gaia, in Berkeley, Calif., and retired, she knew three things. She wanted to move to a place where she could slow down the…
3 Ways Women Can Get Paid More at Work
Does it bum you out that women who work full time make 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid, on average? At 52, I’ve been grappling with this…
Why You Need To Love Your Job More
What’s love got to do with your job? Apparently, quite a bit. I just read the new book, Love 2.0: How Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do and…
7 Job Interview Questions You Should Never Ask
Interviewing for a job is unnerving. Even people who have a lot of self-confidence feel vulnerable to some degree. That’s because when you’re being judged, every nuance counts. See also:…
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